Lifetime of Wisdom: Embracing the Way God Heals You

Looking back to the diving accident at 17 that destined her for a lifetime in a wheelchair, Joni Eareckson Tada recalls the bitterness and despair she felt. But God changed and healed her in unexpected ways by giving her rubies of wisdom about who he is and how he works in all of life’s events. Now she wants to share this treasure with you.

"Thank you, God, for this chair!" Not the words you'd expect from a woman who has spent 40 years as a quadriplegic following a tragic diving accident at 17. But it is the perspective of a woman who has suffered heartbreaking losses… and incomparable gains. Chief among those gains have been the insights she's gained into the wisdom and nature of God - learned and refined through seasons of difficulty and trial. In one sense, that wisdom did cost Joni all she had: her hopes, her dreams, her independence, her health, her freedom, and mobility. In the early years, it seemed a price much too high to pay. But through four decades Joni's moved from enduring her circumstances to finding God's joy in them. And now she has written a book that shares the heavenly wisdom and perspective she's learned. There have been many books written about tragedy and struggle, of pain and bitterness, but in this book, Joni chooses to dwell not on what she has lost but on what she has found.